Practice Nurse - Part time

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice, the NMC code of conduct and professional boundaries to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management and health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

The following are the core responsibilities of this role:

a. To develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes

b. To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients

c. To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health

d. To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, eg NICE

e. To provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

f. To provide travel medicine services

g. To request pathology services as necessary

h. To process pathology results as required

i. To provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required eg diabetes

j. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

k. To ensure read codes are used effectively

l. To maintain chronic disease registers

m. To chaperone patients where necessary

n. To assist GPs with minor surgery when required ensuring consent received

o. To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

p. To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

q. To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

r. To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

s. To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)

t. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

u. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

v. To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies

w. To understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

x. To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

y. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by NMC

z. Participate in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working and/or clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans

Maintain professional registration and practice in accordance with NMC requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse
• Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)

Experience

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• Spirometry
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• Understanding the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and co-operative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Great Staughton Surgery

Address

Great Staughton Surgery

57 The Highway

Great Staughton

St. Neots

Cambridgeshire

PE19 5DA

Employer's website

https://www.greatstaughtonsurgery.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)